Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I was recently interviewed for an ABC news article which appears today: Ethical porn: does it exist and who makes it? I had a long chat with Kellie Scott who wrote the piece but alas, I feel like my quotes only really skim over what I was trying to say. Still, it’s always nice to get a mainstream media mention. The reason I’m firing up my long-neglected blog today is Read More …
My first reaction to Jezebel’s Disney penis post was glee – then I felt uncomfortable. It’s good to seize the female gaze but perhaps we need to do it with sensitivity. Read More …
I’ve long been meaning to write a huge essay on the concept of “objectification” and how it applies to porn. Specifically the way that it bugs me that it’s the standard anti-porn response: “But porn objectifies women!” Everyone loves saying that but there’s no deeper discussion of what the word means or how it applies in porn and to wider society. Nor is there a discussion of the way sexual Read More …
Scientific American reports on a psychology study about half-naked people and ideas of objectification. In six different experiments, a group of people were shown images of clothed and half-naked men and women and instructed to rate their mental capacities. Interestingly, the ratings weren’t influenced by gender. Put simply, men don’t objectify women more. It seems to be a human trait to think differently about people with less clothing. From the Read More …